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DTSTART;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260620
DTEND;TZID=America/Winnipeg;VALUE=DATE:20260621
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SUMMARY:Saturday\, June 20\, 2026\; The Holy Hieromartyr Methodius\, Bishop
  of Patara.
DESCRIPTION:Apostle’s Fast\n\nVESPERS ON FRIDAY EVENING\n\nKathisma Readi
 ng\n\nThe appointed psalms are chanted.\n\nAt Psalm 140\n\nTone 4\n\nIf Yo
 u mark iniquities\, Lord\, who can stand?* But with You forgiveness is tha
 t You may be revered.\n\nYour commemoration has splendidly come\, O holy h
 ierarch Methodius\,* bringing to us the art of salvation.* Therefore\, we 
 hymn you confessing the radiant struggles and battles* whereby you bested 
 the greatly-skilled evil one* and\, rejoicing\, wove a wreath of victory.\
 n\nI have waited for You as You have commanded\; my soul patiently relies 
 on Your promise\,* for it has trusted in the Lord.\n\nBy your words you ha
 ve enlightened the fullness of the Church\, O divinely revealed Methodius\
 ;* by your sufferings and radiance you have driven away the gloom of polyt
 heism* and have now passed over to the never-waning light\, O hieromartyr.
 * Therefore\, made luminous by piety\,* we celebrate today your most festi
 ve and luminous solemnity.\n\nFrom the morning watch until night* let Isra
 el trust in the Lord.\n\nWith blood you dyed your sacred vesture\, O God-b
 earing Methodius\;* and therewith you made your abode in the holy of holie
 s\, rejoicing\, O blessed one\;* and you see radiantly the divine effulgen
 ce of the Trinity\,* instructed most manifestly by Him who is past underst
 anding and comprehension\,* and fearing Him\, O excellent hierarch\, who a
 re most rich.\n\nTone 2\, Podoben\, “When from the Tree...”\n\nFor wit
 h the Lord there is mercy\, and with Him there is plentiful redemption\;* 
 and He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.\n\nGiving your flesh o
 ver to wounds* and enduring most bitter torments and violent death\, О al
 l-praised martyrs\,* you put the tyrants to shame and truly abolished the 
 worship of idols\,* preaching Christ\, the one God and Master\,* before Wh
 om ye stand crowned\, О glorious ones\,* together with the angelic hosts.
 \n\nPraise the Lord\, all the nations\;* proclaim His glory\, all you peop
 le.\n\nGiving your flesh over to wounds* and enduring most bitter torments
  and violent death\, О all-praised martyrs\,* you put the tyrants to sham
 e and truly abolished the worship of idols\,* preaching Christ\, the one G
 od and Master\,* before Whom ye stand crowned\, О glorious ones\,* togeth
 er with the angelic hosts.\n\nStrong is the love of the Lord for us\;* ete
 rnally will His truth endure.\n\nYou revealed yourselves to be divine prea
 chers of the Word who appeared on earth\,* and taught piety to all\, setti
 ng forth the orthodox faith in divine words\,* whereby you drove heresy fa
 r from the Church of Christ.* Therefore\, you ever dwell in the habitation
 s of God\, О blessed ones\,* as sacred ministers of the Trinity\,* leadin
 g into it all mankind.\n\nTone 2\, Glory… Now…\n\nO Virgin\, the shado
 w of the Law passed away* with the realization of grace.* For as the bush 
 had burned without being consumed\,* so you gave birth while a virgin* and
  you remained a virgin.* Instead of the pillar of fire there rose the Sun 
 of Justice.* Instead of Moses\, Christ God came forth\,* the Saviour of ou
 r souls.\n\nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nO God\, You are my defender* and Your 
 mercy goes before me.\n\nverse: Deliver me from my enemies\, O God\; save 
 me from those who rise up against me.\n\nAposticha\n\nTone 2\n\nO you sain
 ts great is the glory\,* that you have gained through your faith.* For not
  only by your sufferings were you victorious over the enemy\;* but even af
 ter death\, as physicians of body and soul\,* you drive out evil spirits a
 nd bring healing to the infirm.* Intercede before the Lord\,* that mercy b
 e granted to our souls.\n\nBlessed are they whom You have chosen* and take
 n to Yourself\, О Lord\n\nAs a flower withers and a dream passes away\,* 
 so does the flesh of each man dissipate upon death.* But at the sound of t
 he trumpet* all the dead as if in an earthquake shall rise up again to mee
 t You\, O Christ our God.* Grant then\, O Master\, to all Your servants* w
 hom You have taken from us\,* to eternally dwell in the tabernacles of You
 r saints.\n\nTheir souls shall dwell* amid good things.\n\nWoe is me! How 
 great a struggle does the soul endure at its parting from the body.* Woe i
 s me! How many tears does it shed\,* but there is no one to take pity.* Tu
 rning its eyes to the angels\, it supplicates in vain\;* stretching out it
 s hands to men\, it finds none to help.* Therefore\, my beloved brethren\,
 * reflecting upon the shortness of our life\,* let us ask Christ to grant 
 rest to the departed* and to our souls great mercy.\n\nTone 2\, Glory… N
 ow…\n\nSave from misfortunes\, your servants\, O Virgin Theotokos\,* for
  after God it is to you that we flee\,* as to an impregnable rampart and p
 rotection.\n\nTroparion\, Tone 1\n\nYour blood cries out from the earth li
 ke that of Abel\, O wise saint\,* for you preached the incarnation with fe
 arsome boldness.* You shamed the lies of Origen\, O father Methodius\,* an
 d now you have been admitted to the court of heaven.* Beg Christ our God t
 o save our souls.\n\nGlory… Now…\n\nO Holy Tabernacle\, when Gabriel c
 ried out to you:* Rejoice O Virgin\, full of grace\,* the Lord of all beca
 me incarnate of you\,* as the righteous David had foretold.* In bearing yo
 ur Creator\, you have shown yourself to surpass the vastness of the heaven
 s.* We\, therefore\, cry out: Glory to Him who dwelt in you!* Glory to Him
  who came forth from you!* Glory to Him who has set us free through your l
 ife-giving birth!\n\nAT DIVINE LITURGY ON SATURDAY MORNING\n\nTroparia and
  Kontakia\n\nTroparion\, Tone 1: Your blood cries out from the earth like 
 that of Abel\, O wise saint\,* for you preached the incarnation with fears
 ome boldness.* You shamed the lies of Origen\, O father Methodius\,* and n
 ow you have been admitted to the court of heaven.* Beg Christ our God to s
 ave our souls.\n\nGlory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Sp
 irit\, now and for ever and ever. Amen.\n\nKontakion\, Tone 4: You were a 
 priest and a mystic of the Holy Trinity.* You preached divine decrees whic
 h surpass comprehension.* You are strength for the faithful\, O Methodius.
 * You prevailed against evil plots\, becoming a martyred priest in your bl
 ood for the faith.* As you stand before Christ\, pray for our salvation.\n
 \nProkeimenon\, Tone 7\n\nThe venerable ones will exult in glory* and they
  shall be joyful in their beds.\n\nverse: Sing to the Lord a new song\; le
 t His praise be in the assembly of the venerable ones. (Psalm 149:5\,1)\n\
 nEpistle\n\nRomans 6:11-17\n\nAlleluia\, Tone 2\n\nverse: Your priests sha
 ll clothe themselves with justice\, and Your venerable ones shall rejoice.
 \n\nverse: For the Lord has chosen Sion\; He has chosen it for His dwellin
 g. (Psalm 131:9\,13)\n\nGospel\n\nMatthew 8:14-23\n\nCommunion Hymn\n\nThe
  just man shall be in everlasting remembrance\;* of evil hearsay he shall 
 have no fear*. Alleluia\, alleluia\,* alleluia. (Psalm 111:6)
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